Following new vocalist Kirsten May‘s debut appearance whilst a part of Flyleaf for their ‘Who We Are’ EP, ‘Between The Stars’ is the band’s first full-length with the new singer at the helm. Having been working on the album for over a year, the band, according to May, have “poured their heart and soul into it”, and it’s understandable as to why. Though she was tiny in stature, former frontwoman Lacey Strum left some pretty hefty boots to fill.

Paramore took the world by storm when they released their critically acclaimed second album, ‘Riot!’. Suddenly, this small Tennessee band was on everyone’s lips and have been getting bigger and bigger ever since. Frontwoman Hayley Williams went from the girl next door to the girl on the cover of Kerrang! and many more music magazines alike. Now, they’re on sell-out arena tours and featuring in the charts on a regular basis, and it doesn’t look like their fame is going anywhere anytime soon.

Christian rockers Flyleaf have followed up their second album ‘Memento Mori’ with their third full-length release, titled ‘New Horizons’. Sadly, this record also marks the band’s final release with frontwoman Lacey Sturm at the helm, made somewhat more crushing by this release featuring some incredible vocal performances making her a tremendously tough act to follow. With their final act as this line-up, Flyleaf have set a high standard to live up to with new vocalist, Kristen May.

American emotive rockers Flyleaf have announced that their long-time vocalist Lacey Sturm has parted ways with the band. The band will continue on with their new vocalist Kristen May, formerly of Vedera. A full statement from Lacey regarding her step down from the group can be read below:

To begin with, sorry for the terrible feature name. But, with Christmas less than a month away now, we thought we’d be merry and bring you merry songs full of merriment that will make you merry about Christmas. Of course, we won’t be putting your conventional year-in year-out tunes you hear all the time. Instead, a few more alternative originals and covers. Enjoy!

Fronted by female vocalist Lacey Moseley, Flyleaf are strangely yet another band subcategorised into the “just like Paramore” clique. Though not as often as bands such as VersaEmerge or Hey Monday, anyone familiar with anything by Flyleaf and at least a few brain cells could easily be confused as to why this was ever the case.

From looking at her, who would have ever thought that a girl the size of Lacey Mosley could bellow such a horrifying scream? Upon listening to ‘I’m So Sick’ you’ll realise a little bit more about Flyleaf‘s musical presentation, and a Christian alternative metal band with a screaming female lead vocalist isn’t something you find very often in mainstream music today.

‘I’m So Sick’ has varying moments of sheer aggression which is nicely levelled out with layers of harmonising vocal work too. The deep bass intro from Pat Seals along with Lacey‘s angel-like vocal opening is a haunting one at the least, with a similar effect with the closing moments. In-between we get an aggressive and catchy piece of work, which will make you want to listen again, again and again.